The Museum's Muse

Hi-yo! It is International Museum Day, and we remember Daria's favorite museum at right. International Museum Day. Why not, sure.

A major canon character from Daria died in an alternate universe, 25 years ago today. Who was it?

An original supervillain battling the Legion of Lawndale Heroes appeared in the LLH universe five years ago today. Who was it?

The DVD set continues to sell hugely. Congratulations to everyone who bought a copy!

It's that time of the year again: BOWMAN DAY!

Yes, it's Bowman Day, just like it was last year at this time. What is Bowman Day, you ask. Why, click the link and you will see. It's all about the Bowman Acts, which were created by Senator James Bowman of the USA.

In other words, it's a fandom holiday and you don't have to go to work. Trust me. Of course, that only applies if you are a superhero living in New York City in the alternate universe for the Legion of Lawndale Heroes. If you fit these parameters, kick back, relax, and enjoy the day.

Well-earned kudos to Vlademir1 for his unceasing efforts to get spammers out of DariaWiki. You are THE MAN!

Pinkminx is asking for beta-readers to come to her aid. She writes great stuff, so go for it. Fun for all.

A new PPMB Iron Chef has arisen: The Great Flood! Go to it!

Over 98,000 hits on this blog! Yeee-HAAAW! We're gonna hit 10 to the fifth in no time!

* IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! *

The Bay State Dariacon has been canceled for now, due to low pre-attendance figures. If you purchased a ticket for $000.00 to this free event, Derek has stated that he will honor all refunds.


And there's NEW FANFICTION!

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• Bed and Breakfast Man, by Ruthless Bunny (Part 31): OMG! NEW CHAPTER! HOORAY! GO READ IT! Best line: “For an extra fee can we burn Joan of Arc?”
• Commitment Issues, by Fringeperson (Part 6): Daria realized when she woke up the next morning that she would not be able to wear the dress. At least not for some time. It would look like she had snuck back to the shop and bought it when the Lane’s weren’t looking, and that would be bad.
• In Another Life, by Charliefox2012 (Parts 1 and 2): “I don’t know how you could do this to me,” Duncan Morgendorffer said miserably, sitting on his living room couch. “Haven’t I been good to you?” he asked the love of his life. Sandi Griffin sighed irritated, “Well, yeah. But he has money. I mean, he-llo, he’s a Sloane.”
• An Oily Situation, by Doggieboy (COMPLETE!): Helen Morgendorffer got out of her SUV and looked around the factory grounds. She knew that the owners didn’t want her there, but they were being rather cooperative. Their offer of compensation was rather generous, she thought, but we still need to see the incident area, just in case it goes to court.
• Reaped Out, by Pinkminx (Part 16): "Three hundred dollars for a pair of shoes?" Helen screamed as she paced the kitchen. Quinn sat at the kitchen table, her arms folded tightly across her chest. "You said I could buy some new shoes." "Not for three hundred dollars! First thing tomorrow you're returning them for a full refund."
  
• Wristcutters: A Daria Story, by Charliefox2012 (Part 14): Daria turned around sharply and looked into blue eyes. “Jane?” she said, completely taken aback.

Appears to be a malfunction here....

Having a lot of trouble getting into PPMB again. Rats. Well fine, here we are.

I didn't have many other things to note as failures (things I've attempted to create for Daria fandom), but there were some duds. The Daria Fandom Calendar is, I think, a good idea, but I don't know how many people use it. Kristen Bealer and Deref kindly added some fun dates to it, but the main problem here is that it's kinda boring. I can't add pictures or sound bites or anything except short bits of text. Still okay for that. If anyone else wants to contribute funny dates or meaningful anniversaries for the fandom, please let me know.

Not many people probably use the pizza finder under "Virtual Lawndale," but I'm leaving it there anyway.

All in all, not bad. Failure is good. It's the only thing that teaches you anything useful. If LATIFA and the Fan-imation pages were duds, so be it, I'm leaving 'em up anyway, 'cause you never never know when someone will pick it up and run with it. Maybe they were just too soon for their time. I can wait.

There were some projects that turned out better, too. Backgrounders, though I don't hear much about it, seems to have helped character development a little, in general. UU and I have both been dragged off by Real Life issues, but we are going to return and add more stuff soon. Still want to see Shaggy and The Head use their powers in a superhero series like LLH. Maybe they're in the background lurking somewhere...

A Day for the Super-Heroes

In the Legion of Lawndale Heroes Dariaverse, today is Bowman Day. If you are a metahuman, get your butt up to the Big Apple this instant, if not sooner, to celebrate. If you are a mundane, go on about your normal business and pay no attention to the flying weirdos in Spandex.

In an unrelated development, a year ago today James Bowman (a.k.a. CINCGREEN) revealed himself to be the mysterious Roentgen on the Daria Fandom Blog. Any resemblance between this James Bowman and Senator James Bowman is probably not coincidental, but I am not at liberty to reveal more.

Party on as always.

Calling All Hero-Types!

Brother Grimace is looking for a new superhero for the Legion of Lawndale Heroes series (click here for more information). There is a deadline, but plenty of time at the moment to submit your suggestions. Mack Mackenzie just got his powers in a recent installment of the story. Who will be next: Trent Lane? Tad and Tricia Gupty? Ted Dewitt-Clinton? Amy Barksdale? Jennifer the Burnout Chick?